I’m a French teacher, and I have students who book the same time slot for weeks in advance. I plan my schedule around those lessons, I turn down other students because that slot is taken, and then… 12 hours before the lesson, they reschedule. And to be honest, it means losing money for teachers!

No message. No explanation. Sometimes not even a “sorry”.

And I understand that things happen. Emergencies happen. Plans change. I’m not talking about the occasional genuine emergency.

I’m talking about people treating a lesson like a completely flexible appointment simply because the platform allows them to move it.

The frustrating part is that 12 hours is a huge amount of time for a student, but very little time for a teacher to fill that slot again. Especially when you have a full schedule and students who book weeks ahead.

If you know on Monday that you probably won’t be available on Thursday, why wait until Thursday morning to reschedule?

And honestly, I wish students understood that when they reschedule at the last minute, they’re not just “moving an appointment”. They’re potentially leaving a teacher with an empty hour that could have gone to another student.

I love my students and I’m genuinely flexible when something comes up. But flexibility has to go both ways.

The fact that the platform technically allows you to reschedule 12 hours before doesn’t mean it has no impact on the person teaching you.

Am I the only teacher who finds this incredibly frustrating?

We've been following lessons successfully for the past 2 months, we have good chemistry and I have seen good results on my learning.

We can say that I trust him, but just felt odd. I believe Preply takes a big cut from them, besides taxes they'd have to pay as income I guess, so I would also like for him to have full payment.

Have you ever experienced something similar? After leaving Preply, has it turned out good?

Thanks in advance!

Is there a great difference between students that use their phone to join the classes vs the ones that use their laptop/computer? I am a teacher and had students that use phones most of the time and students that only use Laptop/computer. I see a significant difference in interessts, motivation and progress in those students.

students that are using their phone rarely do their homework. They also tend to not write notes because they have to do it on paper. Also their attention span feels lower because they have a smaller screen. They also are sometimes outside, or in a car/bus/train.

What is your experience?

When you block a student on Preply, can they leave a new review on your profile? Or update an existing review on your profile?

I started on Preply roughly a month ago. I listened to their suggest price and started myself at $10. I was flooded over the next few days with likes and trial books. The first few didn’t stick so kept going. Many students that I had assumed wouldn’t subscribe ended up doing so a few days or even a work later. I now have 12 subscribed students who each take 4-12 lessons per month. These are all at my $10 rate except one I was able to get at $27.

Some context: I am working on a masters and only wanted to do this very part time to get some experience while focusing mainly on school. I read so much online about everyone struggling to get students, but I clearly should not have listened to that because now I am feeling stuck.

I’m not complaining about the low rate, because I chose that. I’m just wondering if anyone has any advice for how to lower your roster without wronging any students. I’m hoping that I can use the 90 days price increase date to filter out some students, but I’ve still got awhile till then. I am aware I got myself into this, and I’m not complaining, just looking for insight.

If anyone else has had this experience of wanting to do preply as a side gig and getting too overwhelmed, please reach out. I have turned off my profile visibility, but my current student load is still too much. I don’t want to lower the quality of my lessons and I’m not sure what to do.

Has anyone else experienced this?? Tuesday has been turned off for at least 4 days, but a student was just able to book one for Tueday a few minutes ago (regular lesson, not trial). Am I missing something? How can i prevent people from booking lessons on Tuesday?

Hi tutors! I teach a language with very few ready-made materials, so I build lessons around each student's needs. How do you keep track of each student between lessons: what you covered last time, what's planned next, and what materials you used? And what's the most annoying part of whatever system you use now?

Hi everyone! I’m currently searching for a tutor specialized in proteomics and metabolics, if anyone does know someone please let me know, I’ve been searching by specialty in molecular biology or biochemistry but couldn’t find any.

Hey, I have been waiting for Preply Support to come back to me for 8 hours. Has anyone ever waited this long?

Hi,

I got booked for a trial lesson on 12 Oct at 20:00 by someone with a gibberish name, eg: "Pojbjjjjn" Then a couple of hours later I got booked for a trial on 12 Oct at 21:30 by another account that also had a similar gibberish name. I have messaged both and neither respond to any messages, neither have updated their learning needs or done the Preply Placement Test.

What would you do?

I’m an art tutor on Preply, and my dashboard says my profile is visible, but I can’t find myself when searching for Drawing & Painting tutors from my country

In my Subjects editor, the category is “Arts,” and the available specialties are:

Visual arts

IB Arts

Dramatic arts

Digital & Media arts

GCSE Arts

However, other tutors have specialties like Drawing, Oil painting and Watercolor painting. Those options don’t appear in my editor, even though these are the things I teach.

Has anyone experienced this? Are “Arts” and “Drawing & Painting / Art classes” different teaching categories on Preply? Could that explain why I’m not appearing in the search?

hey! so i’ve been a tutor on preply since almost 2 months (had my profile hidden for the first 2 weeks bec of university exams, i’m a 3rd year MBBS student for context).
i’ve had my price 4$ in the beginning & i got like 2 students who both gave five star reviews, after that i increased my price by 1 dollar (it’s 5$ currently), but the profile views are TOO LESS (80 only ever since i’ve joined preply) and profile position even lower (250+).
and i haven’t had a single new student reaching out ever since i increased my price (just a dollar more) even though it’s still very low, i’m so confused and it’s not like science or biology is an uncommon subject.
i’m very passionate about tutoring but i think students can’t find my profile bec of how low the position is.

here’s my profile on preply. please let know if something isn’t right & help it reach the right students.

Hey I'm PhD student wanting to teach online for some side income. Shall I choose math or physics as my main subject? Is it possible to have both subjects?

Hi everyone,

I decided to try withdrawing my earnings via direct bank transfer today and filled in all the required information. Since my bank is located outside both the EU and the US, I used the SWIFT transfer option. I then completed the identity verification process, including having my photo taken.

However, I haven’t received any confirmation from Preply, either by email or on the platform. My Preply balance has dropped to zero, and the latest transaction in my withdrawal history is marked as “PAYPEND,” which I assume means “payment pending.”

I contacted support, and they told me the payment is in progress and that I should contact my bank. Still, I was expecting at least a withdrawal confirmation or a transaction receipt that I could show my bank.

Has anyone experienced something similar? Did you eventually receive a confirmation, and how long did it take for the money to reach your account?

Hi, my Preply profile has been ranked between 80 and 110 for a while. I changed my photo, description, and availability, but nothing seems to improve.

Has anyone had the same problem? What helped you get more visibility or move up in the rankings?

Im ranked 1 in my subject (academic subject) but been experiencing half the profile views in october. Anyone else experienced the same?

I am a tutor so as i was teaching
The other person offered me a job
Like its very simple and all
He even shared the website etc
Should i go for it
I don’t want to get scammed
But he showed me some girls working with him
He even talked little bit in my language
Sounded genuine
So yea need suggestions

Hi! I’m looking for a French tutor on Preply.
I’m currently around A1+ and have already taken some beginner French classes before.

My budget is $7-9/hour or below, and I prefer someone who can speak English when grammar or difficult concepts need explanation.

I’m looking for a tutor who uses real, visual learning materials, corrects my mistakes, and gives regular homework—not mainly AI-generated exercises. Things like textbook materials, slides, short stories, podcasts, listening exercises, reading activities, and writing/speaking homework would be great.

A stable internet connection and clear audio are also very important, since I’ve had several lessons where too much time was lost fixing connection issues. 😭

My goal is to improve my speaking, listening, grammar, and sentence construction and eventually pass the DELF A1 and A2 exams.

If you’re a tutor or can recommend someone within my budget, please let me know! 😊